Positron (e⁺)

Layer 1 — Physicsin the standard-model subtree

The antiparticle of the electron: spin-½, charge +e, mass 0.511 MeV/c². Predicted by Dirac (1928) from the negative-energy solutions of his relativistic wave equation; discovered in cosmic rays by Anderson (1932). Electron-positron…

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